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Myth or fact: Diet and exercise habits that aid weight loss

Are all calories equal? Cardio workouts or weights? Marzieh Salehi, MD, addresses the complexity and nuance of healthy, sustained weight loss.


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When the healer becomes the patient

After spinal stenosis left John Toohey with excruciating back pain, the former UT Health San Antonio orthopaedic surgeon became the inaugural surgery patient at the university’s newly opened Multispecialty and Research Hospital.


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Explore your alter ego: What drives personal happiness can fuel professional success

Alter egos aren’t only for superheroes and superstars. In this compilation, learn what inspires some of your UT Health San Antonio colleagues to make lives better, both on and off campus.


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Healing hounds: Clinic’s canine greeters help relieve pre-therapy patient anxiety

The mission of the canine-and-owner teams that volunteer at the Behavioral Health and Wellness Center is to encourage a more productive therapy session by helping patients relax.


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Fending off the shadows: Using cognitive behavioral therapy to manage nightmares

CBT for nightmares has proven highly effective, but access to training has been limited. Now a series of web-based training modules can be accessed by providers everywhere.


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The community as the classroom: What School of Public Health students will learn

Academic leaders of The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio identify seven attributes of the new school and its curriculum and share how they define public health.


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Discussing death: Teaching students to tackle a taboo topic

Discussions about dying are at the heart of every serious injury or illness. A School of Nursing educator is helping students navigate this delicate conversation with grace and expertise.


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Hard to swallow: Helping dysphagia patients find hope and function

About 20 million adults in the U.S. experience difficulty swallowing. They could find hope with an exercise-based intervention used to treat some with early Parkinson’s disease.


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Ready to respond: Students test their first-responder skills

Fourth-year Long School of Medicine students work through a series of emergency scenarios as part of the school’s Wilderness and Survival Medicine elective course.


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Hope for nursing home residents: Improving dental care for elders

A program providing dental care for nursing home residents in Central and South Texas now helps educate nursing home staff to maintain the oral health of their residents.


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UNIVERSITY IN MOTION: UTSA to merge with UT Health San Antonio

This roundup of new education developments across the university includes the merger of two academic powerhouses and the launch of a new nurse anesthetist program.


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EXPANDING CARE: Building health care transformation

This overview of expanded patient care includes an inpatient hospital, a brain health center, an institute on substance use disorders and a specialty care dental clinic.


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BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH: A leader in research funding, outcomes

Highlights of new drug discoveries and therapies include a first-ever oral chlamydia vaccine, a chemotherapy pump to target liver tumors and an ingredient to build tooth enamel.


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A final goodbye: Remembering William L. Henrich, MD, MACP

Remembering the life of William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, who served as university president from 2009 to 2024 and as dean of the Long School of Medicine from 2006 until 2009.


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What lurks in the School of Nursing’s basement?

Essential work is happening inside the School of Nursing’s Center for Simulation Innovation, where some of the most sophisticated medical simulators are helping prepare practice-ready nurses.